Dads haven't gone wild

Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerFrank Roder poses with his 5-year-old son Aidan.

The editorial “Dads Gone Wild” (May 24) is a tired, anachronistic rehash of the same dad-bashing prevalent in (but certainly not limited to) the commercials we see every daily. You know, the ones in which an incompetent dad helplessly attempts to parent until a female rescues him from the utter chaos he has created. Are we not aware of the growing numbers of stay-at-home dads who quite successfully care for and nurture their offspring as well as any woman? Trying to make a point using the example of two knuckleheads who fit the stereotype is well below your paper’s standards, even if it was meant as a misguided attempt at tongue-in-cheek humor.